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Roots & reflections South Asians in the Pacific Northwest / by Bhatt, Amy Pradip

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Situating Stories : An Introduction to South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- "Finding Traces of Our Existence Here" : Pre-World War Two South Asian Migrations -- Routes and Roots : Stories of Departure and Arrival -- Creating Professional Classes : Education and Training -- All in a Day's Work : Employment, Migration, and Identity -- Falling from the Tree : Family, Gender, and Generational Differences -- Seeds Take Root : Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- Epilogue: Meditations on Methodologies -- Appendix I: Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project -- Appendix II: Narrator Biographies.…”
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The Roots of Latino Urban Agency

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New roots in America's sacred ground religion, race, and ethnicity in Indian America / by Joshi, Khyati Y., 1970-

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Sri Lanka history and the roots of conflict /

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Jews, Turks, and other strangers the roots of prejudice in modern Germany / by Legge, Jerome S.

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Recovering history, constructing race the Indian, black, and white roots of Mexican Americans / by Menchaca, Martha

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Mecca and Main Street Muslim life in America after 9/11 / by Abdo, Geneive, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Imams for a new generation -- The child-bride of the Dix Mosque -- The roots of Islam in America -- Taking it to the streets -- Muslim voices -- Women in the changing mosque -- Heeding the call -- The future of the faith.…”
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Bieganski the brute Polak stereotype, its role in Polish-Jewish relations and American popular culture / by Goska, Danusha V. (Danusha Veronica)

Table of Contents: “…Bieganski lives -- Bieganski in the press -- Bieganski takes root in America -- Bieganski in American cinema -- Bieganski as a support for Jewish identity -- The peasant and middleman minority theory -- The necessity of Bieganski : a shamed and horrified world seeks a scapegoat -- Interviews -- Bieganski lives--next door to Shylock -- Final thoughts.…”
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Native to the nation disciplining landscapes and bodies in Australia / by Cerwonka, Allaine

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : roots, dislocations, and origin stories -- A picturesque nation for a "barren" continent -- Going native -- Policing the body politic : mapping bodies and space in Fitzroy -- The poor white trash of Asia : criminality and Australia in the international landscape -- Conclusion : on the margins of nation.…”
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Self-determination of peoples and plural-ethnic states in contemporary international law failed states, nation-building and the alternative, federal option / by McWhinney, Edward

Table of Contents: “…The national and international faces of federalism -- Self-determination of peoples as United Nations principle : historical roots and contemporary international law/municipal (constitutional) law antinomies -- Emergence of states in classical international law -- The United Nations Charter and admission of states, and also their exclusion -- The United Nations Charter principle of territorial integrity of states : the Uti Possidetis Doctrine as element in state succession -- Federalism and constitutional pluralism as self-determination options for plural-ethnic States : the different faces of federalism in comparative constitutional law --Law and politics and the dialectical unfolding of the self-determination principle -- Excursus - failed states : the trial-and-error of contemporary exercises in constitution-making and nation-building.…”
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Inside the Antisemitic Mind : The Language of Jew-Hatred in Contemporary Germany / by Schwarz-Friesel, Monika, Reinharz, Jehuda

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction The Need for This Book -- 2 Hostility toward Jews and Language Verbal Imposition of Power and Violence -- 3 Hostile Stereotypes of Jews and Their Historical Roots -- 4 Present-Day Verbalization of Stereotypes -- 5 Echo of the Past -- 6 Anti-Israelism as a Modern Variant of Verbal Antisemitism The Modern Conceptualization of the Collective Jew -- 7 A Comparison with Other Countries in Europe Results of a Contrastive Analysis -- 8 The Emotional Basis of Modern Hostility toward Jews -- 9 Acts of Verbal Violence -- 10 Textual Strategies and Patterns of Argumentation -- Appendix The Basic Corpus -- Letters to the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Israeli Embassy in Berlin, 2002 -- 2012.…”
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Labour at the Lakehead ethnicity, socialism, and politics, 1900-35 / by Beaulieu, Michel S.

Table of Contents: “…Part 1. The Roots of Revolution?: 1. Early socialist organizations at the Lakehead, 1900-14; 2. …”
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Transatlantic Scots

Table of Contents: “…Sheets -- Pilgrims to the far country : North American "roots-tourists" in the Scottish highlands and islands / Paul Basu -- Tartan day / Edward J. …”
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Black and brown in Los Angeles : beyond conflict and coalition /

Table of Contents: “…THE ECONOMICS OF PEOPLE AND PLACES -- Keeping it Real: Demographics, Workforce, and Organizing for African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles / Manuel Pastor -- Banking on the Community: Mexican Immigrants Experiences in a Historically African American Bank in South Central Los Angeles, 1970-2007 / Abigail Rosas -- Putting Down Roots: Spatial Context and Inter-group Relations in Suburban Los Angeles / Lorrie Frasure and Stacey Greene -- PART TWO. …”
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